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. >>> president obama takes his gun control message to the twin cities today. >>> plus, the 5-year-old hostage in alabama inters its seventh day. >>> and rumors of muhammad ali's demise, all premature? we'll explain. >>> very good morning. >>> we begin with a developing tragedy in southern california, a tour bus collided with two other vehicles killing at least eight people, injuring dozens more. authorities said that the driver reported having brake problems as the bus came down the mountains. it rear-ended a car before h hitting a tractor trailer. >> it started to move so fast and people started screaming. >> two to three minutes swerving in and out. >> everybody was scared. everybody was screaming. >> the bus was reported returning from a ski trip. >>> president obama pushing for broader gun control messages. tracy potts is in washington this morning, plus this new photo of the president raising some eyebrows. >> reporter: we'll show you that in a just moment. the president today first headed to minneapolis, no mistake that city was chosen, the white house said they were worked very
. >>> president obama takes his gun control message to the twin cities today. >>> plus, the 5-year-old hostage in alabama inters its seventh day. >>> and rumors of muhammad ali's demise, all premature? we'll explain. >>> very good morning. >>> we begin with a developing tragedy in southern california, a tour bus collided with two other vehicles killing at least eight people, injuring dozens more. authorities said that the driver reported having brake...
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always good to the last drop. i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experiencing the pain, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point, i knew i had to do something. when i went back to my health care professional, that's when she suggested the lyrica. once i started taking the lyrica, the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eye sight including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or skin sores from diabetes. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, and swelling of hands, legs, and feet
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charm city here, people. that's where they are celebrating the new super bowl champions of the ravens. now, a parade is going to kick off right there. you're looking at images of city hall, and they're going to go down commerce street, down pratt, and then on to howard street where they go to mmt bank. kind of know the area. fresh off that victory, ravens player is speaking out again about his advocacy for marriage equality. in an interview with hip-hop mogul russell simmons says being the first pioneer publicly accepting same-sex marriage in the three major sports was difficult at first, but the more people scrutinized and ridiculed me, the stronger i became for that issue." joining me now is chris cluey, punter for the minnesota vikings and another athlete ally in the nfl who has had a very strong platform to use to talk about marriage equality and also bullying in this country. it's great to have you with me, and i want to start off talking about chris culliver of the 49ers who spent the majority of his su
charm city here, people. that's where they are celebrating the new super bowl champions of the ravens. now, a parade is going to kick off right there. you're looking at images of city hall, and they're going to go down commerce street, down pratt, and then on to howard street where they go to mmt bank. kind of know the area. fresh off that victory, ravens player is speaking out again about his advocacy for marriage equality. in an interview with hip-hop mogul russell simmons says being the...
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and the ravens rode down the streets of the charmed city yesterday celebrating with thousands of fans who turned out to revel in the team's super bowl win. after the parade, more than 80,000 people packed the stadium to see veteran safety ed reed do the impossible. upstage ray lewis. ♪ we got two tickets to paradise ♪ ♪ pack your bags we can leave tonight ♪ baltimore! y'all know i -- baltimore, oh! >> he was a little better and to his child's credit, he remained a neutral party despite the reaction of all his teammates in the background. coming up at the top of the hour, president obama calls on congress to postpone deep spending cuts by enacting a different set of reductions in revenue. the "morning joe" crew will kick around the numbers whether there's any hope of getting something done big in d.c. and we'll huddle around the water cooler where president clinton is often a full throated endorsement for a woman in the white house. step aside, hillary. clinton is backing betty white. lewis will explain when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don
and the ravens rode down the streets of the charmed city yesterday celebrating with thousands of fans who turned out to revel in the team's super bowl win. after the parade, more than 80,000 people packed the stadium to see veteran safety ed reed do the impossible. upstage ray lewis. ♪ we got two tickets to paradise ♪ ♪ pack your bags we can leave tonight ♪ baltimore! y'all know i -- baltimore, oh! >> he was a little better and to his child's credit, he remained a neutral party...
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if you are the city of new orleans, you are upset. you want to have these big things, and what i have been amazed at is how little the nfl has, the city has. everybody -- >> we still don't know. >> we're the finger-pointing here, and if you are the mayor of new orleans, you are mitch landrieu, i would be angry because that is reflective of the city. people thinking, super dome. >> this was supposed to be the victory lap. >> they don't know -- they can't do it blsh. >> did you think kaepernick was going to do it, and did you start rooting for the underdog in the second half? >> i was rooting for -- it's all about miami and i was rooting for ed reid. that was -- what a great game. >> no call on the holding. >> well, as i -- >> i think it was the right call. but they -- >> what's the deal that refs in a game like this in the last few minutes are not supposed to call obvious holds? >> well, i don't think it was as obvious as -- first of all, they were both -- a, they were both fighting for position. b, that was borderline uncatchable. i k
if you are the city of new orleans, you are upset. you want to have these big things, and what i have been amazed at is how little the nfl has, the city has. everybody -- >> we still don't know. >> we're the finger-pointing here, and if you are the mayor of new orleans, you are mitch landrieu, i would be angry because that is reflective of the city. people thinking, super dome. >> this was supposed to be the victory lap. >> they don't know -- they can't do it blsh....
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can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at what's happened to their neighborhoods. it used to be a source of pride where you could shop in your own neighborhoods and feel comfortable and safe, and that has all been eliminated because the population has shrunk, people have moved out, and because of the economic forces, you wrote about a couple of these cases in the book and unfortunately, everybody who is from detroit knows someone who does this, but if you get underwater in your house, the first solution is burn it down, get the insurance money. so you have a lot of people, it's a huge problem. you have p
can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at...
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they found her body pushed up against the ramparts of the old city, part of the ancient city wall just next to the palace. they don't know what happened from the time she went missing reportedly on the 22nd until last saturday, when she was found and that is the subject of the investigation right now. but initially they say no rape and that she was found with her jewelry still on her. why she was killed and by whom remains unclear. >> thank you so much for that. >>> that wraps up this hour of "jansing and company." i'm richard lui. chris will be back tomorrow. thomas, my 49ers lost. i owe you some bucks here. here's my dollar. i will wear the hat here, too. >> this is very good. i like this. >> i will run away now. congratulations. >> thank you very much. we have been friends and colleagues for a long time. >> not anymore. that's it. >>> good morning, everybody. great to see you today. next hour, the president taking his agenda to curb gun violence on the road a week in advance of his state of the union address. the president is heading to minnesota, where that state has cracked down s
they found her body pushed up against the ramparts of the old city, part of the ancient city wall just next to the palace. they don't know what happened from the time she went missing reportedly on the 22nd until last saturday, when she was found and that is the subject of the investigation right now. but initially they say no rape and that she was found with her jewelry still on her. why she was killed and by whom remains unclear. >> thank you so much for that. >>> that wraps up...
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is the super bowl is a win for the city of new orleans. 150,000 people will descend on the city hoping to pump money into new orleans economy. they are welcome dollars in the city where the tourism industry is 40% of the tax revenues. the city spent five years and $1.2 billion making improvements to roads, airports, hotels and restaurants in preparation for the super bowl. once the super bowl is over, new orleans gets back to business as usual. all the changes to the city don't necessarily equate to changes in the lives of the resident who is remain behind. i have to tell you, for those of us living in super bowl crazy town, just the traffic snarls, trying to get my kids to school, much more importantly, look at millions of dollars in profits coming to the hotels, but they don't raise the income for the front line workers. that money ends up back here in manhattan. >> event economics are like trojan horses. they are brought to a city and sold with the idea of the party aspect. like your city is going to host a party, you should have pride in that, it means something to the country. >>
is the super bowl is a win for the city of new orleans. 150,000 people will descend on the city hoping to pump money into new orleans economy. they are welcome dollars in the city where the tourism industry is 40% of the tax revenues. the city spent five years and $1.2 billion making improvements to roads, airports, hotels and restaurants in preparation for the super bowl. once the super bowl is over, new orleans gets back to business as usual. all the changes to the city don't necessarily...
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it's under way currently as we speak in the city. moments ago, former president bill clinton gave a touching speech about the iconic mayor. >> he used to say he was a liberal but he was sane, which was another way of saying i believe in government but you have to look at the impact of this. i don't think i ever debated, discussed, agreed with, argued with anybody in this line of work who had a better feel for the impact of what people in government did on the real lives of people. >> among the other speakers, new york mayor michael bloomberg. ed koch passed away. he was 88 years old. >>> next, president obama weighing in on the boy scouts' proposal to end its ban on gay members. >>> plus, why valentine's day could hold very special meaning for many in illinois this year. >>> then our question of the day for you, what was your most memorable moment of the super bowl? this has now been officially deemed the most watched super bowl in history. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow r
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the ramparts of the old city. the police chief today said she was killed by some sort of blunt trauma to the head. still, no definitive answers as to where she was during this two-week period and who took her. alex. >> terrible story. thank you very much. >>> in his weekly address, president obama gave an upbeat outlook for the economy this year. >> we are poised to grow in 2013. the real signs of progress, home prices are starting to climb again. sales are at a five-year high. manufacturing is roaring back. businesses created $2.2 million jobs last year. we just learned our economy created more jobs over the past few months than originally thought. >> joining me is elijah cummings. sir, nice to see you. thanks for joining me. it was a mixed bag for the economy. the gdp detracted but there were good numbers in the report. listening to the president, he sounded optimistic. how do you see the economy? >> i see the economy as being fragile. but definitely moving in the right direction. alex, it's why we have to be so
the ramparts of the old city. the police chief today said she was killed by some sort of blunt trauma to the head. still, no definitive answers as to where she was during this two-week period and who took her. alex. >> terrible story. thank you very much. >>> in his weekly address, president obama gave an upbeat outlook for the economy this year. >> we are poised to grow in 2013. the real signs of progress, home prices are starting to climb again. sales are at a five-year...
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he undertook in the 1980s a $5.2 billion housing program for the city. and people who ride say the number 6 train up through the bronx, up westchester avenue, and you look out and you see all that housing, still pretty new, from the 1980s, that was koch's housing program, and a whole lot else besides. so that was one very good thing he did. you know, he was a combustible guy, and a lot of people really didn't like him. but on balance he did more good for the city for sure. >> in our final topic tonight, have any of you figured out just how close john mccain and chuck hagel actually are? i mean, are they really good buddies, eugene robinson? >> it's a bromance, a bromance for the ages. >> okay, is that what that is? i tell you what? who needs enemies with friends like that? i think, michael tomasky, i think that chuck hagel was just taken by it all. >> yeah, well, he was something. you know, i hope he is better prepared for the issues he is going to face as secretary of defense than he was for those questions. >> i think stunned would be the right word. e
he undertook in the 1980s a $5.2 billion housing program for the city. and people who ride say the number 6 train up through the bronx, up westchester avenue, and you look out and you see all that housing, still pretty new, from the 1980s, that was koch's housing program, and a whole lot else besides. so that was one very good thing he did. you know, he was a combustible guy, and a lot of people really didn't like him. but on balance he did more good for the city for sure. >> in our final...
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the guy in '81, 75% of the city voted for him in. '85, 78% of the city. can you imagine 8 in 10 new yorkers agreeing on anything? especially who will run the city. the guy per phenomenon if ied new york of a certain time and will be missed. >> he did and maybe sort of changed and maybe not permanently for but a moment what it meant to be a democrat. significant harsh budget cuts that he put in that were not always popular. his favorite moment walking down to the brooklyn bridge and intervened in a very rare transit strike under his watch and sort of, you know, shecheer on the people to walk across the street and say come walk over the bridge. we won't let the bastards bring us down. a huge champion of gay rights and had some really out there ideas. ideas like sending convicted drug dealers to concentration camps in the desert. >> wow. >> yeah. he was just -- he was really quintessentially new york in the way you're saying, toure, because he was unpredictable. he was brash. he was out there. he was excitable. just a larger than life figure for the city. >>
the guy in '81, 75% of the city voted for him in. '85, 78% of the city. can you imagine 8 in 10 new yorkers agreeing on anything? especially who will run the city. the guy per phenomenon if ied new york of a certain time and will be missed. >> he did and maybe sort of changed and maybe not permanently for but a moment what it meant to be a democrat. significant harsh budget cuts that he put in that were not always popular. his favorite moment walking down to the brooklyn bridge and...
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the "today" show that tom and i used to do, they talk about new york being the city that never sleeps. yes, it did. we would arrive in a very quiet city. 30 rock, there was no one here. they maybe had polished the floors, but the floor polishers were gone. today it's so alive. segments are 3 1/2 minutes long. >> it's earlier. >> it's like riding a bush in rush hour traffic on the fdr drive. i don't know how the stamina to be a host on the morning shows, it's very, very different. and it's a much bigger -- a bigger audience that americans are still the most productive on earth. we get up early. we go to work. you know, we work late. but i think morning television has always been the freshest, most dynamic part of television. the fact that my friends tell me that you were talking yesterday, you know, people are there. they're really watching. >> we were talking about it all morning. >> so many things have changed. well, i told them i had a crush on you growing up. >> i know, i heard that. >> the thing is everything's changed -- >> are you saying you got over it? >> no, i never said that
the "today" show that tom and i used to do, they talk about new york being the city that never sleeps. yes, it did. we would arrive in a very quiet city. 30 rock, there was no one here. they maybe had polished the floors, but the floor polishers were gone. today it's so alive. segments are 3 1/2 minutes long. >> it's earlier. >> it's like riding a bush in rush hour traffic on the fdr drive. i don't know how the stamina to be a host on the morning shows, it's very, very...
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this afternoon we'll see some of the rain moving into d.c. and then late today into new york city. tomorrow, minor travel impact. again, i think tomorrow morning, new york city to philadelphia, there will be slippery roads. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, no power and a handful of working toilets equals misery for 4,000 carnival cruise passengers. >>> plus, a freshman senator gets slapped down by veteran colleagues. first look is back in three minutes. my bad. tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. [ normal voice ] same agent and everything. it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no, we're not. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands? mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8.
this afternoon we'll see some of the rain moving into d.c. and then late today into new york city. tomorrow, minor travel impact. again, i think tomorrow morning, new york city to philadelphia, there will be slippery roads. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, no power and a handful of working toilets equals misery for 4,000 carnival cruise passengers. >>> plus, a freshman senator gets slapped down by veteran colleagues. first look is back in three...
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in 2008, the city -- the department of justice rejected it because it eliminated the city's sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 79% to 25%. they held an election in which the african-american councilman lost his seat because of section v. they held another election where he was restored. >> it's an example of why we say we have come a long way, congressman, lewis. we have a long way to go. no one has seen it more than you. you were the youngest member of the leading organizations 50 years ago at the march on washington. you seen us go from the back of the bus to the white house. you are hear today saying we have a distance to go and we still need voter rights protection. congressman lewis? >> yes, al, i agree. we have come a distance. we have made progress, but we are not there yet. we still have a great distance to go. we hear the type of discussion that took place today, the question raised by one member of the court. when you travel through many parts of america and see people standing in unmovable lines, saying it's hard and difficult for people to cast a vote
in 2008, the city -- the department of justice rejected it because it eliminated the city's sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 79% to 25%. they held an election in which the african-american councilman lost his seat because of section v. they held another election where he was restored. >> it's an example of why we say we have come a long way, congressman, lewis. we have a long way to go. no one has seen it more than you. you were the youngest member of...
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a medical doctor who's fighting to hear the city where he grew up. and then, more of my interview today with president obama. his thoughts on black history month and rosa parks. stay with us. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, farawa
a medical doctor who's fighting to hear the city where he grew up. and then, more of my interview today with president obama. his thoughts on black history month and rosa parks. stay with us. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines...
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oklahoma city is right on the edge. doesn't look like you're going to be in the heavier band of snow. oklahoma city could get three, four inches of snow later on today and tonight. one of the stories is going to be this big trough of cold air kicking off the east coast. there is a storm on the eastern seaboard. it looks now it's trending more off shore. so that means we could possibly avoid another big snowstorm on the east coast. again, we'll track that throughout the rest of the week. things are looking better. today's forecast, northeast is good. rockies are just fine. we'll watch new orleans down there. i think they'll be okay. just hit and miss periods of rain. >> thanks so much, bill. >>> good news, home prices rising 10% year over year. >>> conditions for the 4,000 passengers strand add board that carnival cruise ship are getting dicier by the day. >>> plus, best in show. the pampered purebreds as westminster gets ready to crown just one. >>> fir my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got.
oklahoma city is right on the edge. doesn't look like you're going to be in the heavier band of snow. oklahoma city could get three, four inches of snow later on today and tonight. one of the stories is going to be this big trough of cold air kicking off the east coast. there is a storm on the eastern seaboard. it looks now it's trending more off shore. so that means we could possibly avoid another big snowstorm on the east coast. again, we'll track that throughout the rest of the week. things...
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the city where the first lady grew up, they raised the first daughter there for a number of years before they were actually the first daughters and of course, the city gave birth to president obama's political career this is personal for him. chicago, one of the cities at the epicenter of the gun violence debate because of the high rate of violence, and it witnessed the murder of hadiya penned heelton, chit teen who performed at president obama's inauguration and then gunned down in a random act of violence. take a listen. >> there was something profound and uniquely hal are heart braking about a group of 6-year-olds killed. but last year there were 443 murders with a firearm on the streets of this city. and 65 of those victims were 18 and under some of that's t that equivalent of a newtown every four months. >> reporter: alex, also unique about president obama's comments yesterday, he talked about the root of gun violence and said it was due to economic inequalities, broken homes and again, called for investing in these community as a way to try to prevent this violence. his fry speech
the city where the first lady grew up, they raised the first daughter there for a number of years before they were actually the first daughters and of course, the city gave birth to president obama's political career this is personal for him. chicago, one of the cities at the epicenter of the gun violence debate because of the high rate of violence, and it witnessed the murder of hadiya penned heelton, chit teen who performed at president obama's inauguration and then gunned down in a random...
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, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people who are in the chambers of commerce that you have a vested interest in protect ing t protecting the city, too. so i think that this is the kind of bridge building that he did. it was not about black or white, but that we all have a stake in this together. so he would be trying to find the points of consensus where things could get done and better housing jobs and so forth could empower young people to not become violent. >> given how inclusive he was, he was a scout. there is a boy scout award named for whitney young. what do you think that he would say about the inclusion of gay men and boys openly in the bo
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kansas city will see the snow off and on throughout the day. heavy at times. look at this tornado watch moving through the panhandle and northern florida. that's an area where we could see very severe storms today. we are looking at perhaps up to a food of snow in the kansas city area and across northwestern missouri. chicago could end up with three inches out of this storm. >> a lot of snowfall. thanks so much. >>> can stocks rally after yesterday's major drop off? plus, a diet to ward off heart attacks and strokes. >>> iran photo shops the first lady. details in three minutes. you are watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. peoi go to angie's listt for to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find
kansas city will see the snow off and on throughout the day. heavy at times. look at this tornado watch moving through the panhandle and northern florida. that's an area where we could see very severe storms today. we are looking at perhaps up to a food of snow in the kansas city area and across northwestern missouri. chicago could end up with three inches out of this storm. >> a lot of snowfall. thanks so much. >>> can stocks rally after yesterday's major drop off? plus, a diet...
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when you talk about something like 800,000 furloughs there, you're talking about precisely the cities across the country you just mentioned. one idea that i hear a lot of is as these cuts begin to be felt by real people as we're describing in our conversation, they'll get in touch with their members of congress and republicans will back down. but remember, you used a very important word here. you said something to the effect of an unnecessary manufactured crisis. remember, this is not the way governance is supposed to look, especially at a time when the economy is already too weak. so instead of thinking about how can we help things get better, they keep setting fiscal time on one after another. and by the way, this is not the beginning of awe strarausterity. we already lost over $100 billion in people's paychecks through the expiration of the payroll tax break this $85 billion in fiscal contraction is on part of that. >> dr. peterson though, it is clear that the american people don't support these cuts in the areas they're talking about. when you look at the polls, 89% don't want to
when you talk about something like 800,000 furloughs there, you're talking about precisely the cities across the country you just mentioned. one idea that i hear a lot of is as these cuts begin to be felt by real people as we're describing in our conversation, they'll get in touch with their members of congress and republicans will back down. but remember, you used a very important word here. you said something to the effect of an unnecessary manufactured crisis. remember, this is not the way...
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and then when it came time to go to middle school, she wanted her daughter to apply for one of the city wide magnet schools and the people said she doesn't qualify because she doesn't have the the kills and knowledge that she needs. and the mom said what do you mean? she's gotten all as. and they said, no, look at her skills assessment. and the mom was horrified. and felt betrayed because she said if my kid is not able to compete with other kids in the city or other kids in the nation, i should know that. she shouldn't be getting all a and lulling me into a sense of complacency when she doesn't have what she needs. so while i think that we shouldn't have an overemphasis on the test and that is happening in some places, we have to have some accountability. >> and that leads to the yes question of standardized testing. it's a one size fits all measureme measurement. what do you say to that? >> i think we can always do a better job of making sure that we have great assessments, but we have to have a starting point. and we cannot continue to have school districts that produce generations of
and then when it came time to go to middle school, she wanted her daughter to apply for one of the city wide magnet schools and the people said she doesn't qualify because she doesn't have the the kills and knowledge that she needs. and the mom said what do you mean? she's gotten all as. and they said, no, look at her skills assessment. and the mom was horrified. and felt betrayed because she said if my kid is not able to compete with other kids in the city or other kids in the nation, i should...
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want the top spot for the city of boston. alex, back to you. >> the weather channel's eric fisher. thank you. stay warm. howard wolfson, deputy mayor of new york, you have assured me during the break that you got this one. >> we are prepared. the mayor is prepared. everybody in city government is prepared. the world's greatest snow-fighting force is ready and deployed. we don't expect to get as much snow as they are expecting in boston. it's going to begin heavily around 5:00 tonight and go through overnight. we've got 250,000 tons of salt ready to be deployed. >> that's a lot of salt. >> it's a lot of salt. we've got 2,200 trucks that are going to be out on the streets deploying that salt. making sure that your commute home will be relatively smooth. it's going to be a lot of snow, and people will have to deal with that when it comes and not everything will be perfect, but we are absolutely ready and prepared and we will do our typical great job. >> if the deputy mayor thing doesn't work out, may i suggest meteorologist? >>
want the top spot for the city of boston. alex, back to you. >> the weather channel's eric fisher. thank you. stay warm. howard wolfson, deputy mayor of new york, you have assured me during the break that you got this one. >> we are prepared. the mayor is prepared. everybody in city government is prepared. the world's greatest snow-fighting force is ready and deployed. we don't expect to get as much snow as they are expecting in boston. it's going to begin heavily around 5:00...
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cities. current new york city mayor michael bloomberg spoke about the mayor. he has ordered flags to fly at half staff. we'll have more on the man who once said he wanted to be mayor for life later this hour. ♪ these are... [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ male announcer ] finally mom's oven baked taste... straight from the microwave. like oven roasted chicken in a creamy alfredo sauce. marie callender's new comfort bakes. it's time to savor. if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and class-leading 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $199-per-month lease on the 2013 nissan altima. ♪ >>> the dow crossed the 14,000 mark
cities. current new york city mayor michael bloomberg spoke about the mayor. he has ordered flags to fly at half staff. we'll have more on the man who once said he wanted to be mayor for life later this hour. ♪ these are... [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ male announcer ] finally mom's oven...
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education and focus on letting the states, the counties, the cities, the local school sites handle the education issues. what we're doing with federal intervention is not working. >> what's your thought? >> well, you know, certainly some of the things the federal government has done over the years haven't been all that successful. and the white house and many democrats in congress are trying to bring about a new approach. and part of what the president talked about in the state of the union is anew approach. but there are some things the federal government is better off doing than others. one of the things, frankly, i think would be a great role for the federal government in education is to help provide some of the resources for infrastructure, for building new schools. it doesn't get the federal government involved in curriculum, but rather in helping with deferred maintenance and helping to build these facilities. that doesn't interfere with that state federal role. but there is an important obligation here to try to help, particularly in those states that are really struggling. i th
education and focus on letting the states, the counties, the cities, the local school sites handle the education issues. what we're doing with federal intervention is not working. >> what's your thought? >> well, you know, certainly some of the things the federal government has done over the years haven't been all that successful. and the white house and many democrats in congress are trying to bring about a new approach. and part of what the president talked about in the state of...
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and the push for better gun control come from cities. obama is a city guy. you know? he lived in cities. he's hailed from cities. grew up in honolulu and moved to l.a. and lived in new york and boston and later chicago. so i think the time is right and what i point to in the piece is two things. one, we need a department of cities to make the investments we're making in this country on infrastructure, in the environment, on. >> fordable housing and job creation and if we think where that bull work of bipartisan change will come from, who are the pragmatic leaders in the country, the president should go right to the mayors, whether it's a republican or independent like mike bloomberg, an independent like rahm emanuel. they have the solutions so i think he can not only make urbanism part of the jaebd, gun control agenda, immigration reform agenda, he can break the deadlock in washington appealing to the people who want positive change. >> richard, dig down a little bit in to the department of cities, what exactly would it do, how would it work? >> well, my sense is that
and the push for better gun control come from cities. obama is a city guy. you know? he lived in cities. he's hailed from cities. grew up in honolulu and moved to l.a. and lived in new york and boston and later chicago. so i think the time is right and what i point to in the piece is two things. one, we need a department of cities to make the investments we're making in this country on infrastructure, in the environment, on. >> fordable housing and job creation and if we think where that...
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not just in the city. >> we've got to have help across the nation. thank you so much, reverend al. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll deal with more of this later in the show. ahead, john mccain has a personal grudge and he's actually admitting it. and those screams you hear are coming from wall street. elizabeth warren gets to work and it's explosive. >>> nothing says changs like carl "meltdown" rove. bik show coming. stay with us: >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. the committee hearing was a big hit. donna says there's a new sheriff in town. jane says she is what we needed for so long. jay says this is why i contributed to her campaign, even though i live in georgia. we've got more on warren and why wall street is scared already coming up later. but, first, we need you to come share your thoughts. please head over to facebook and search politics nation and like us to join the conversation that keeps going long after the show ends. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still
not just in the city. >> we've got to have help across the nation. thank you so much, reverend al. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll deal with more of this later in the show. ahead, john mccain has a personal grudge and he's actually admitting it. and those screams you hear are coming from wall street. elizabeth warren gets to work and it's explosive. >>> nothing says changs like carl "meltdown" rove. bik show coming. stay with us: >>> have...
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lost the cities. including the urban city that. i're losing urban white voters and they're losing young voters and part of the problem is them. the messaging they use to gin up their base turns off obviously younger people, turns off women, turns off minorities. this time they really got minorities excited about voting. there was already loyalty among americans for barack obama. but when you did that that made that vote solidified determined to come out as if it was 2008. >> this is the problem they have. the leadership, the michael gur sins of the world, god bless them, as joe biden would say, are alienated from those who vote for the people. >> the angry guy out in arizona. >> the town hall meetings. i mean there's a reason why a lot of more centrists are less yahoo republicans did not run for president last time. there was all the crazies and mitt romney, and if you saw the people turning out as we keep playing those clips from the republican debates, the audience was one that they don't care what
lost the cities. including the urban city that. i're losing urban white voters and they're losing young voters and part of the problem is them. the messaging they use to gin up their base turns off obviously younger people, turns off women, turns off minorities. this time they really got minorities excited about voting. there was already loyalty among americans for barack obama. but when you did that that made that vote solidified determined to come out as if it was 2008. >> this is the...
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it is just crossing that border, picking up the guns legally, driving back into the city of chicago. these are real policies that are taking the lives of our children. >> the obama family has taken this very personally, the first lady going tomorrow. the president teared up after newtown. watch this. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. >> when you look at how they're in this, can they translate this to law? >> well, i think they can translate it to law. i don't think they're going to get everything that was in the package the president presented. but i think a few things that have happened are key. one, the kind of bipartisan work with the background checks. the loop loel that it has a justification is essentially an impossible justification to give to your average voter. if the idea is we should have a background check for guns and we have that in policy but there's a certain carve out, people who get around it, it's really hard to make the case that this carve out should exist. that's at their weakest,
it is just crossing that border, picking up the guns legally, driving back into the city of chicago. these are real policies that are taking the lives of our children. >> the obama family has taken this very personally, the first lady going tomorrow. the president teared up after newtown. watch this. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. >> when you look at how they're in this, can they translate...
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we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's go now to politics. president obama is on a mission to avoid a series of automatic cuts that could kick in on march 1st. during his weekly address, president obama slammed the republicans' approach on the sequester. >> the current republican plan puts the burden of avoiding those cuts mainly on seniors and middle class families. they'd rather ask more from the vast majority of americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. >> let's go to nbc's kristen welker who's standing by at the white house. wow, green lawn! i can't even believe
we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's...
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that's more than the new york city, which of course has far more people. so far this year there have been about 50 homicides, even though we're barely through the middle of february. this is a problem this city is facing. it was a problem that the previous mayor had faced, mayor daly, and it's a problem that the current may and the police chief, chief mccarthy, who is here as well, is facing. but i think there has been a lot of call on president obama from this neighborhood, from this community for him to come here and talk about it. they say that he went to tucson and spoke there. he went to newtown and talked there. of course those are the scenes of mass shootings. not really mass shootings here in chicago but when you think about with about 50 homicides so far this year, we've had two newtowns, just over a longer period of time. >> john yang, that's absolutely right. let's back spin as we wait for the president to come out. if you're a 15 to 19-year-old young black man, the number one cause of death is gun violence. when you talk when we talked about th
that's more than the new york city, which of course has far more people. so far this year there have been about 50 homicides, even though we're barely through the middle of february. this is a problem this city is facing. it was a problem that the previous mayor had faced, mayor daly, and it's a problem that the current may and the police chief, chief mccarthy, who is here as well, is facing. but i think there has been a lot of call on president obama from this neighborhood, from this community...
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the man many called the first celebrity mayor or three-term run in a turbulent time in the city's history. current mayor of new york mayor michael bloomberg honored the political icon this morning. >> we are going to pay respects to ed koch for a long time because he really made this city what it is today and his successes have been building their years on him. ed was the quintessential mayor. >> nbc's ron allen has more on ed koch's life. >> hi! >> reporter: ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the city's most popular and outspoken politicians. known for his no nonsense in your face colorful personality and the trademark question asked of friends and foes alike, even on "saturday night live." >> how'm i doing? >> reporter: he was born to polish-jewish immigrants in the bronx, new york, 1934. drafted out of college by the army to serve in world war ii. returning home, he began climbing the political ladder. a lifelong democrat who served on new york city counsel and three terms in the congress and in 1977 he became new york's 105th mayor, a job koch often said he wanted for
the man many called the first celebrity mayor or three-term run in a turbulent time in the city's history. current mayor of new york mayor michael bloomberg honored the political icon this morning. >> we are going to pay respects to ed koch for a long time because he really made this city what it is today and his successes have been building their years on him. ed was the quintessential mayor. >> nbc's ron allen has more on ed koch's life. >> hi! >> reporter: ed koch was...
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more police officers will be leaving their desk jobs to patrol the city streets. sfwlirchlgt the most difficult moment for the state department under hillary clinton clearly was the loss of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens, at the u.s. mission in benghazi. last september she and president obama preceded over a somber repat yags ceremony at andrews air force base. >> so we will wipe away our tears, stiffen our spines and face the future undaunted. we will do it together. protecting and helping one another. just like sean, tyrone, glen, and chris always did. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. and she's not exactly tidy. even if she gets a stain she'll wear it for a week straight. so i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. since i'm the one who has to do the laundry. i do what any expert dad would do. i let her play sheriff. i got 20 minutes to life. you are free to go. [ dad ] tide and downy. great on their own, even better together. >>> hillary rodham clinton healthing's commitment to adva
more police officers will be leaving their desk jobs to patrol the city streets. sfwlirchlgt the most difficult moment for the state department under hillary clinton clearly was the loss of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens, at the u.s. mission in benghazi. last september she and president obama preceded over a somber repat yags ceremony at andrews air force base. >> so we will wipe away our tears, stiffen our spines and face the future undaunted. we will do it together....
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bob brady, chairman of the city committee and head of the house administrations committee says that he is absolutely -- it's more than frustrated. he's revolted. he can't believe -- he cannot believe that nothing -- he said it's tied up with leadership, and members of congress are walking around saying what the hell is going on? frustration is all around. the sequestration would almost be comical if it were not affecting so many people. kind of like "the producers." let's do it, nobody will like it, the show will never open, and it's there. and i think the public has crisis fatigue. what are we going to do with it? the cr is coming in a month. they have the debt crisis in the wings. people are just frustrated, and i think members of congress, members are extremely frustrated, too. >> well, i think the president went out there campaigning thinking that the republican party would never go along with defense cuts because it's a hawkish party, and what do you know? you're seeing people like buck mckeon saying i'll take the defense cuts if i can get some domestic cuts. miscalculation by the
bob brady, chairman of the city committee and head of the house administrations committee says that he is absolutely -- it's more than frustrated. he's revolted. he can't believe -- he cannot believe that nothing -- he said it's tied up with leadership, and members of congress are walking around saying what the hell is going on? frustration is all around. the sequestration would almost be comical if it were not affecting so many people. kind of like "the producers." let's do it,...
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>> we had with the vice president today, the police commissioners from new york city, your hometown, philadelphia, baltimore, at l t atlantic city, wilmington delaware where there was a shoot k today where three people lost their lives. flfgs a real focus and a detailed discussion in multiple hours about how we move forward and how we make sure that what we do is truly effective. i think the vice president who said that every single recommendation he's made to the president, the president has adopt ds and embraed and embrac are very, very seerrious that t country takes a turn for the better on this issue of gun violence. i believe that we're going to get it done. not only universal background checks, but i think we can do more than that. >> nia malika, when you start seeing a face put on this kind of malicious and despicable acts, i think that it helps to really bring home to people that this is not about partisan politics. this not about ideology. we're talking real life and real death. when you look at the mother, she talked about the pain of losing a child as the first lady attend
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we are all involved both in the city and outside of the city. the suburbanites come into the city to buy drugs, and we consume drugs in the inner city. so the scourge of drugs continues to have a huge impact on our community. killing populations because of the use of drug and killing our population, our youth innocently. just think of the contradiction of that young girl dying, right? honor student, wants to be a doctor. just finished her final examines. doesn't use drugs. and killed. >> yep. >> probably because somebody was using and consuming drugs, and somebody wanted to save the turf and protect the turf they were selling in. >> congressman, i so appreciate you bringing us to that point. because it does feel to me like this is exactly why it gets tough to have this conversation. because it is holistic on the one hand we have the piece tough on guns, but the other piece is addressing the drug war and what it has done in our communities. i so appreciate you joining me tonight, congressman gutierrez. >> thank you. >> and also, the work is going
we are all involved both in the city and outside of the city. the suburbanites come into the city to buy drugs, and we consume drugs in the inner city. so the scourge of drugs continues to have a huge impact on our community. killing populations because of the use of drug and killing our population, our youth innocently. just think of the contradiction of that young girl dying, right? honor student, wants to be a doctor. just finished her final examines. doesn't use drugs. and killed. >>...
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the city is not going to collapse. we will find a way to deal with the cuts on the local level. maybe some other cities are not in the position that new york is, but i really wonder whether the average person is going to experience the cuts in the sequester in any real way. >> you make a good point there because we forget the fact that it's not like we wake up on the 2nd of march and all of a sudden everything stops, and that's what george will's point is. this is a 30-day sliding into these cuts process, which gives the window of opportunity for the white house and the house to get their collective acts together and put a plan on the table to deal with the $85 billion in cuts that will be many force at this moment and beyond. >> you know, it's interesting because the republican party is at odds with itself insofar as there's the national message and the national leadership, and then there's what's happening at the state level, and that's usually the tea party versus the moderates, but here it's going to be republicans who aren't feeling the cuts and republicans who are feeling
the city is not going to collapse. we will find a way to deal with the cuts on the local level. maybe some other cities are not in the position that new york is, but i really wonder whether the average person is going to experience the cuts in the sequester in any real way. >> you make a good point there because we forget the fact that it's not like we wake up on the 2nd of march and all of a sudden everything stops, and that's what george will's point is. this is a 30-day sliding into...
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look at the city you ran, the largest city in the nation. what was the tenor of partisanship at that point? >> well, it was great. but when the battle was over, you sort of put away the weapons and -- and, you know, the pitchforks and got out the shovels or something. it -- it was different. it was a hard-fought battle, but i am -- i emerged with better than 50% of the vote in the primary, then i faced rudy, and he is not yet america's mayor. 9/11 has not yet occurred. >> and what is it that put you over the steps. >> and the democrats, and it was 5-6-1. >> you are mayor in this city. in your tenure, all republicans. >> part of the is, my friend mike in the last election, spent well over 1$100 million. >> more of our conversation at 12:00 noon. and we'll talk about what he thinks is the root cause behind president obama's detractors. >>> picking the winners. one expert's prediction. get out your ballots, next. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitami
look at the city you ran, the largest city in the nation. what was the tenor of partisanship at that point? >> well, it was great. but when the battle was over, you sort of put away the weapons and -- and, you know, the pitchforks and got out the shovels or something. it -- it was different. it was a hard-fought battle, but i am -- i emerged with better than 50% of the vote in the primary, then i faced rudy, and he is not yet america's mayor. 9/11 has not yet occurred. >> and what...
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to require older people in the city to come up with a photo i.d. card when there was no reason for them to have such an i.d. card. they live if had the city. and all of a sudden all these democrats were basically disenfranchised. that law's basically in suspension right now. where's that going to end up? is that going to be back on the books again? >> that's right. and you're right. right now there's an injunction. the injunction is going to stand for the may primary at least. then it goes before the court. trial date is set for july. we'll see what happens then. >> okay. let's go into a subject we in pennsylvania hate to talk about. gun control. gun safety. what do you think the people of pennsylvania would accept? what do you think the people should accept? should there be a gan on assault weapons? should there be new background checks? what do you think should get done here after newtown, connecticut? >> well, i think the people -- yeah. the people of pennsylvania are very reasonable people. i mean, we're hunters. we're fishermen. we're sportsme
to require older people in the city to come up with a photo i.d. card when there was no reason for them to have such an i.d. card. they live if had the city. and all of a sudden all these democrats were basically disenfranchised. that law's basically in suspension right now. where's that going to end up? is that going to be back on the books again? >> that's right. and you're right. right now there's an injunction. the injunction is going to stand for the may primary at least. then it...
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the new york city area. about an inch of snow, the winds gradually picking up and then tonight we'll see that pick up to eight to 12 inches of snow, blizzard conditions developing with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour and then tomorrow it will begin to die down just a bit and as the snow tapers off, continuing to see blowing and drifting snow as the winds could still gust higher than that 20 to 30-mile-per-hour range and city officials taking this seriously and we need to make preparations and just stay home, hunker down and stay off the roads. back to you. >> absolutely. nick walker, thank you. now to the weather channel's paul goodloe down the road from us in messy times square. >> reporter: yes. we are starting to see and then range midday and now changing back over to snow. sometimes sleet mixing in, as well. this is the calm before the storm and perhaps lulling people in to, oh, it's not going tock as bad as you are talking about. it's still early. the storm is getting closer and stronger as it moves
the new york city area. about an inch of snow, the winds gradually picking up and then tonight we'll see that pick up to eight to 12 inches of snow, blizzard conditions developing with winds gusting to 50 miles per hour and then tomorrow it will begin to die down just a bit and as the snow tapers off, continuing to see blowing and drifting snow as the winds could still gust higher than that 20 to 30-mile-per-hour range and city officials taking this seriously and we need to make preparations...
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some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. in honor of president's day, we asked everyone to name their favorite president other than president obama. we got a lot of great answers. president clinton came in first. trudie says her favorite president was president clinton because he represented all americans and he had a surplus when he left office. >>> jfk was another popular answer. linda says it's because he supported civil rights, space exploration and the peace corps, inspiring hope in young people to serve their country. trina picked f.d.r. because he was the first president to truly attend to the needs of the poor and working class. who is your favorite president? tell us. please head over to facebook and search politics nation and like us to join the conversation that's going long after this show ends. retirement. sit back, relax, pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of
some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. in honor of president's day, we asked everyone to name their favorite president other than president obama. we got a lot of great answers. president clinton came in first. trudie says her favorite president was president clinton because he represented all americans and he had a...
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the koch years were tu moul chous, a tumultuous time in this city. and mayor koch and i clashed a lot. but over the years, i did grow to respected his authenticity. a rare quality in politics. he said what he meant and he meant what he said. he ev we even allied ourselves on some issues. we traveled around the country on a national campaign to help nonviolent drug o febders get a second chance in live. the man support eed why he came home to the democratic party. >> well, i believe that first they don't care about the country and would rather have as their single priority the destruction of president obama and prevent his reelection. now, they should certainly disagree with him. but first comes the country. they've given up on that. and that's why i think the american public will give up on them. >> now, when i look at the fact of, mr. mayor, that they supported things like extending unemployment, extending other matters that was in the president's job's bill, now they don't support it only because it's his bill. like don't make him look good at any
the koch years were tu moul chous, a tumultuous time in this city. and mayor koch and i clashed a lot. but over the years, i did grow to respected his authenticity. a rare quality in politics. he said what he meant and he meant what he said. he ev we even allied ourselves on some issues. we traveled around the country on a national campaign to help nonviolent drug o febders get a second chance in live. the man support eed why he came home to the democratic party. >> well, i believe that...
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the cities in the late 1970s and early 1908s. he lost in the primary to david dinkins. he often said joke about that's, the people threw me out, and now the people must be punished. ah, mayor koch. god bless him. he was 88 years old. ben smith, your favored ed koch memory/story? >> i wrote his obituary. i interviewed him for his obituary in 2002. >> wow. >> he had already by then written his epitath that appears on his tomb stone, which has already been made. i quoted it in the story, and there it is. i love that he recorded a video for the "new york times" that begins i'm gone now. he exits talking. he just never lost his step. he just stayed. >> he never did. iran. >> i would say not to speak ill of the dead and with all respect to his legacy -- >> ah oh. >> i think -- no, it has to be recognized that he helped stoke a lot of racial tensions and splits between african-americans and jews which were regrettable and which luckily some of the bridges have been built since then. >> he did sort of own up to some of them in his later
the cities in the late 1970s and early 1908s. he lost in the primary to david dinkins. he often said joke about that's, the people threw me out, and now the people must be punished. ah, mayor koch. god bless him. he was 88 years old. ben smith, your favored ed koch memory/story? >> i wrote his obituary. i interviewed him for his obituary in 2002. >> wow. >> he had already by then written his epitath that appears on his tomb stone, which has already been made. i quoted it in...
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the district is in chicago and in a chunk of the city's southern suburbs. it's a heavily democratic district. whoever wins the primary tomorrow is consider likely to win the seat overall and to take a seat in congress in april. because of the juicy democratic prospects, at the outset, 17 different democrats lined up to compete in this primary, which is crazy. the candidate with the most name recognition was former congresswoman debbie halvorson, a supporter of gun rights who touts her "a" rating with the national rifle association. or who did tout that rating with the national rifle association before this year. because this is both the first election for federal office since we picked a president, and also the first federal election since newtown, since the elementary massacre at sandy hook elementary in december. even though she has touted her "a" rating from the nra in the past, now debbie halvorson is now touting her support for universal background checks for gun purchases. this time around she insists she has not lobbied the nra for an endorsement. oo
the district is in chicago and in a chunk of the city's southern suburbs. it's a heavily democratic district. whoever wins the primary tomorrow is consider likely to win the seat overall and to take a seat in congress in april. because of the juicy democratic prospects, at the outset, 17 different democrats lined up to compete in this primary, which is crazy. the candidate with the most name recognition was former congresswoman debbie halvorson, a supporter of gun rights who touts her...
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>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the department of justice required the city to redraw the ballots in a nondiscriminatory way and hold another election in which we saw the african-americans, because of the votes of the african-americans in that district in calera regain his seat. and this practice is exactly what voters in alabama saw when the voting rights act was passed in 1965. >> an iconic example of this is kilmichael, mississippi. the consensus, the town has a population of 830 of whom 52.4% are black. currently the mayor and all five board members are white. on may 15th, 2001, with no notice to the community, the board unanimously voted to cancel the general el
>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the...
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what they were trying to do was march nonviolently this distance, from the city of selma to the state capitol of alabama, to the state capitol, which is montgomery, about 50 miles away. they were stopped that first day when they were trying to march that distance before they ever got out of selma. here, trying to cross the alabama river to get out of town, to get out of selma, the 600 peaceful protesters were met by hundreds of alabama state police and local police. the policemen attacked the protesters. they used tear gas on them. they beat them with billy clubs. the protesters were whipped and stomped on by police horses. the leader of the march, john lewis, took a billy club to the head. he very easily could have died on that bridge that day. 17 of the marchers were sent to the hospital. that happened on sunday, bloody sunday, march 7th. now i said that they did not get out of selma that day when they were beaten on that bridge. but the nation was horrified. and the movement was galvanized. and two days after bloody sunday, two days later on tuesday, march 9th, they went back. only
what they were trying to do was march nonviolently this distance, from the city of selma to the state capitol of alabama, to the state capitol, which is montgomery, about 50 miles away. they were stopped that first day when they were trying to march that distance before they ever got out of selma. here, trying to cross the alabama river to get out of town, to get out of selma, the 600 peaceful protesters were met by hundreds of alabama state police and local police. the policemen attacked the...
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leveled a section of the city shopping district. a gas explosion around 6:00 p.m. caused a massive fire at the popular jj's restaurant. witnesses said that came out of nowhere, as of yet, no confirmed fatalities. the primary concern is to find those missing. >> i came in, he told us to evacuate, next thing i know, everything just exploded. it was the scariest thing i ever witness zbld the flames were taller than the building next to it. there were people who were evacuating over here. so, it was just kind of crazy. >> those in the area report smelling gas in the moments leading up to explosion. they'll have to investigate further before any cause can be determined. >>> another emotional day in court for track star oscar pistorius. day two of the bail hearing. prosecutors argue that the crime was premeditated. while defense attorneys said it was a terrible misunderstanding. good morning. what's happening in court today? >> reporter: good morning, mara. as day two of this bail hearing gets under way the prosecution is really pushing h
leveled a section of the city shopping district. a gas explosion around 6:00 p.m. caused a massive fire at the popular jj's restaurant. witnesses said that came out of nowhere, as of yet, no confirmed fatalities. the primary concern is to find those missing. >> i came in, he told us to evacuate, next thing i know, everything just exploded. it was the scariest thing i ever witness zbld the flames were taller than the building next to it. there were people who were evacuating over here. so,...
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. >> a lot of people around the country think of people just as new york city. but you're the top law enforcement person in the state that has rural as well as urban that has gun shows. so this is not an easy lift, yet you've become one of the champions of this. tell us how you deal with the gun show laws. >> one of the toughest in the country. >> one of the toughest in the country, good example. we've got to get action, also, at the federal level. one of the things i've done is we did an undercover sting on gun shows. found that they were not doing the background checks. . nra members has strong advocates. not only did they advocate, they're unsuring 100%. so the people of good conscience who are sports men and women who are gun owners, they understand this. they know background checks keep guns away from criminals and people with mental health problems. that what happened in newtown has galvanized them, as well. i think a lot of the people out there are responsible gun owners that do not feel protected by the leadership in washington. >> isn't the problem abou
. >> a lot of people around the country think of people just as new york city. but you're the top law enforcement person in the state that has rural as well as urban that has gun shows. so this is not an easy lift, yet you've become one of the champions of this. tell us how you deal with the gun show laws. >> one of the toughest in the country. >> one of the toughest in the country, good example. we've got to get action, also, at the federal level. one of the things i've done...